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Meanings of scratch up in English

Portuguese
coçar
Catalan
esgarrapar
Spanish
rascar

Cut the surface of; wear away the surface of.

Related terms
coçar
Synonyms
Examples for "scratch"
Examples for "scratch"
1
The change would allow companies to build new commercial airports from scratch.
Reuters
2
Problem is, with a new virus, scientists have to start from scratch.
News.com.au
3
This company was started from scratch and was delivered within a year.
The Irish Times
4
Or he'll take a new sheet of paper and start from scratch.
Making toast
5
The South Sudan government had to almost build the country from scratch.
The Guardian
1
Friendliness in the country is not scrape, like it is in London.
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure S...
2
Remove the skins from the bananas, scrape the surface as in Fig.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit ...
3
Four seconds later he heard the scrape of a latch drawing back.
The Wolf’s Hour
4
That he will scrape and beg for any hope of Chaya's return.
The windup girl
5
It took the family another two months to scrape together the cash.
Reuters
Usage of scratch up in English
1
But he had no chance to scratch up any corn that day.
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
2
I had to wear it or scratch up the timbers with my bones.
Calumet "K"
3
You sing to the sun and scratch up the earth.
Chantecler: Play in Four Acts
4
I've asked Fitch to see what he can scratch up on the Atoa hit.
Spider bones: a novel
5
Sleds and ploughs rust together beside the house, and chickens scratch up the front-door yard.
Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
6
If there was a pretty new car on the block, he scratch up the paint.
Gods go begging
7
I used it to scratch up under the wig.
Living dead in dallas
8
If not, you will have to scratch up something.
The Tyranny of the Dark
9
Ef you kin scratch up enough grub bein' a tree, why that's your own lookout.
Lo, Michael!
10
I'll guarantee he won't scratch up none tonight.
Lonesome dove
11
I haven't had a scratch up to now.
The Pretty Lady
12
There seems to be a general feeling that they track in dirt and scratch up mahogany furniture.
Dear Enemy
13
Because they scratch up a little handful of wheat or corn, while searching for worms or weevils.
The Child's World: Third Reader
14
It doesn't scratch up like animal wax.
The Lost Continent
15
We just wonder what he's going to use to scratch up any cars that steal his parking space.
Wired
16
He would scratch up the corn at the very feet of a scarecrow-andchuckle at the same time.
The Tale of Old Mr. Crow
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Translations for scratch up
Spanish
rascar
Scratch up through the time
Scratch up across language varieties
United Kingdom
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